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What You Need to Know About Fowl Pox!

Most of the time, I look forward to writing these blogs because we get to talk about the wonderful ways backyard chickens…

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What to do with Aggressive Baby Chicks?

I remember the very first time we got baby chicks. The excitement was off the charts! We were going to have this…

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Taming Chickens

Have you ever stood in your yard and called your chickens? Have they ever come running like a herd of wildebeest across…

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Preventing Frostbite in Poultry

Frostbite in poultry is a real concern during the winter. Chickens, like people, are susceptible to frostbite. When the temperatures plummet and…

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How Daylight Affects Egg-Laying

Chickens are farm superstars.  They produce eggs almost daily.  Some chickens have even been known to lay multiple eggs per day.  They…

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Keeping Chicks Warm When the Power Goes Off

When an unexpected storm shuts down the power grid people are lucky.  We can put a comfy fleece jacket over long johns…

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Rooster or No Rooster?

My grandfather used to swear everyone who had chickens, needed a rooster. He would say things like, “a rooster keeps all the…

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Smart Chicken Coop Technology: Why It Still Pays to Visit Daily

Hoover’s Hatchery recently produced a Facebook Live event at Etzel’s Sugar Grove Farm showing how Carl and Gavin Rosier use modern smart…

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Off The Grid Chicks

Carl and Gavin Rosier have found solutions to problems shared by many backyard flock owners. They are researching how to use chickens…

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How to Prepare Your Flock for Extreme Winter Weather

It’s almost the middle of winter and here in southwest Minnesota, we still have no snow! Usually by now, we’re all singing…

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